n.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' ken-z ē
Function: geographical name
1 river 1120 mi (1802 km ) NW Canada in Northwest Territories flowing from Great Slave Lake NW into Beaufort Sea ― sometimes considered to include the Finlay, Peace, & Slave rivers (total length 2635 mi or 4216 km )
2 former district Canada in W Northwest Territories in basin of Mackenzie River; area now split bet. Northwest Territories & the W part of Nunavut